Fence-making machine



(N o Model) W. S. 82 D. ROMIGH.

FENCE MAKING MACHINE.

No. 321,534. Patented July 7, 1885.

WITNESS LII UNITED drains Parana (lesion.

\VILLIAM S. ROMIGH AND DANIEL ROMIGH, OF \VICHITA, KANSAS.

FENCE- MAKlNG MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 321,53, dated July 7,1885.

Application filed August 6, 1854;

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM S. Roman and DANIEL ROMIGH, citizens of theUnited States of America, residing at Vichita, in the county of Sedgwickand State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Fence-Making Machines, of which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention has reference to improvements in fence-machines, the samepertaining more especially to the wire-holding spools, andtwisting-heads with intermediate hollow or tubular shafts, saidinvention having for its object, among other things, to reduce friction,to prevent the possibility of the twisting of the wire in its passagefrom the spools to and through the tubes and from the latter to thetwisting-heads, and to adapt the feeding of the wires or stringersaccording to the thickness of the palings or pickets; and the inventionconsists of the combinations of parts and their construction,substantially as hereinafter fully set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of our improvementin fence-machines. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section, and Fig. 3 is atransverse section through the wire spool or drum. tion of ourinvention.

In carrying out ourinvention we mount or support the spool or drum A,around which the wires are coiled or wound (two wires generally beingwound or coiled upon a spool) upon a shaft, a, within a bracket-support,B, of rolled or wrought iron, preferably, whereby, with the shaft of thespool, which shaft may be a headed bolt-rod nutted or bolted to saidbracket or support, said bracket or sup port, by its expansive property,acts as a tension-spring to prevent'the jamming of the spool. Thebracket or supportB for the spoolshaft a is in the nature of an oblongframe open at its longer sides, with its end bars or arms provided withapertures or open-ended slots 1), to receive and permit the removal,when necessary, of the spool-shaft. We next provide a tubular or hollowshaft, Csay about an inch in diameter-for the passage of the wires toform the picket or paling string- The shaft 0 is provided at one endwith Fig. 4 is an end eleva- (nTo model.)

a flanged bar or plate, cl, which is cast with a collar, (2, fitted andfastened upon said end of shaft by a set screw or screws.

To the flange plate or bar (I, which may be provided upon its face, atthe upper and lower longitudinal edges, with flanges e e, is bolted thelonger closed side of the bracket or support B between said flanges e,which flanges serve to facilitate the adjustment to its place upon saidbar or plate d of the bracket or support B.

The use of the hollow slender tubular shaft (being, as before stated,about an inch in diameter) permits the use of light boxing or bearin gs,and therefore greatly lessens friction and effects a great reduction inthe expense and labor of putting up the machine of which the foregoingconstitutes a part.

Across an aperture in the longer closed side of the bracket or support13, said aperture being in alignment with the passage of the tubular orhollow shaft 0, is disposed a wire rod, f, with its ends passed at rightangles to itself through the casting B and the flange-plate e, andnutted or bolted upon the outer side of said plate. This wire rod servesto prevent the possibility of the twisting of the wires in their passagefrom the spool to and through the tubular or hollow shaft, said wiresbeing passed one upon each side of said wire rod, the same therebypassing from the outer end of said shaft untwisted to the twisting-head.To the said outer end of the shaft 0 is connected the twisting-head D,said head being provided or formedwithrearwardly-proj ecting arms g,also cast or formed at their rear ends with a collar, 71., which isdetachably connected to said end of shaft by a set screw or screws. Thetwistinghead D is provided with two, four, or a greater even number ofapertures, i, for the passage through it of the wires, the parallel onesof said apertures being arranged at varied distances apart, in order toaccommodate the feeding or applying of the wires to pickets or palingsof different thicknesses, and to allow them to be closely twistedthereon and intertwisted. The wires may be grasped by pinchers as theyemerge from the outer end of the shaft 0, and be drawn the rest of thedistance in their passage through the twisting-head, and be thus passedthrough the required apertures of said head, after which, in practice,they are passed and connected to the reel of the machine to which theseimprovements may be applied.

By reference to Fig. 1 it will be seen that we support our twister upontwo journals or bearings, O, and rotate the same by means of asprocket-wheel, D; but we do not restrict ourselves to any particularmeans for sup porting and rotating our twister, as it is obvious thatthe same may be effected'by any Well-known means. I

It will of course be understood that as many spools, holders orcastings, shafts, and twisting-heads are used as the capacity of themachine requires or will accommodate, and that all other necessaryparaphernalia employed in a fence-machine will accompany the applicationof our invention.

Having thus fully described our invention, What we claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

WVILLIAM S. ROMIGH. DANIEL ROMIGH.

W'itnesses:

J. R. SNIVELY, E. WV. VVILnrrE.

